I for one welcome our new black hole destroyer

[browngirl]

A useful link from several places on my F-list: has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the Earth yet? Keep checking at regular intervals to be certain!

Incidentally, if the LHC does destroy the Earth, here is a description of how that will happen. Read into the comments for some estimates of how long the process might take.

micheinnz has posted so many other useful links about the LHC that instead of cribbing her list I'll just refer you to her here, here, and here. And telynor linked to the Large Hadron Rap.

Comments

[eustaciavye.livejournal.com]

Do we know if they have switched the bugger on yet?

[ilthit.livejournal.com]

Nifty! I'm hoping that if we do end up with a slow black hole destroyer, someone will start taking those cross-galactic, self-sufficient star cruiser plans more seriously.

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

So who do you think is going to star in the movie ;).

[gingicat]

http://xkcd.com/474/

[brownbetty]

*checks again*

Phew, still good!

[arib.livejournal.com]

I read part of an interview that Cory Doctorow had with someone who worked at CERN about the likelihood of the LHC destroying the planet. To quote:

"Look, it's a 10^-19 chance, and you've got a 10^-11 chance of suddenly evaporating while shaving."

I for one, look forward to suddenly evaporating during my morning shave. :-)

[cellio]

I love that first link! (Sharing it with coworkers also revealed to me who reads page source. :-) )

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Woohoo, namecheck!